COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GEO.HARRIT.GEOTUR.AND GEOPARK POT.OF TURKEY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MSI 2048 GEO.HARRIT.GEOTUR.AND GEOPARK POT.OF TURKEY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Faculty of Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR HÜLYA INANER

Offered to

Environmental Engineering
Mining Engineering
Textile Engineering
Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering
Geophysical Engineering
Geological Engineering
Mining Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Geological Engineering
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

Course Objective

Turkey is a very lucky country for its natural and cultural beatuies. Understanding of tourism is changing in all around the world. People are identifiying geological heritage, geotourism and geopark areas in order to conserve natural beatuies and to caryy them to the future. New areas and job opputunities are being opened for our country and our students. The aim of this course is to present these new terms in geology and to evaluate our natural and cultural values.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to determine the term geological heritage.
2   To be able to identify geoconservation areas.
3   To be able to create routes for geotourism.
4   To be able to determine geopark areas.
5   To be able to suggest and develop geopark areas.
6   To be able to summarize the relation of geological heritage and education.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is Geological Heritage Geological Heritage and related terms.
2 National and international Agencies working on Geological Heritage
3 Proposal and Preparation of Geological Heritage lists
4 Why and how to conserve our Geological Heritage
5 Local, regional and international importance of Geological Sites.
6 Places that can be proposed for Geological Heritage list and some samples. Volcanic, metamorphic and sedimentary petrology, structures and textures, phenomena and regions.
7 Places that can be proposed for Geological Heritage list and some samples. Mineralogy-Economics
8 Places that can be proposed for Geological Heritage list and some samples. Structural, geomorphological figures, Geological characteristics on continental or oceanic scale, antique quarries.
9 Legal issues on geoconservation.
10 Geology and archeology, geology and tourism
11 Geological HEritage and importance of education
12 What is to be done to prepare and develop geological heritage list, geotourism capacity and geopark areas of Turkey

Recomended or Required Reading

Main References:
Kazancı N. (2010) Jeolojik koruma, kavram ve terimler. TMMOB JMO yayını, Ankara, 60s.
Barrattino, D., Wimbledon, W.A.P. & Gallego, E. 1999. Geological Heritage: Its
conservation and Managament. Instituto Technologico GeoMinero de Espana, 212p, Spain
Burek, V. C., 2008. The history of geoconservation: Special Publication No 300
Geological Society of London, 312p. London

Additional References:
Gray, M. 200. Geodiversity. Valuing and conserving abiotic nature. Wiley UK.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, assigment

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRC PRACTICE
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + PRC * 0.30 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + PRC * 0.30 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The learning outcomes will be evaluated via mid-term exam, assignment and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The attendance to the course will be evaluated

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hulya.inaner@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 9.00-11.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparing assignments 1 24 24
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 52

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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